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@uiten 'tetes getint @ffies MiCHAEL BIGLN AND-.DANIEL W. BENNETT, OF WILKESBARRE, PENN- l SYLVANIA.

Lettere Param No. 74,491, and Femm/'18, 186s.

IMPROVEMENT In WAGON-rien i Bel it known that we,`MICHAEL BIGLIN and DANIEL W. BENNETT, of the borough of Wilkesbarre, Yin the county of Luzerne, State of Permsylvnnia,` have invented -a. new and nseful machine called a Wagon- Jack, to be used in lifting the axle-trees and wheels of wagons, 35e., that the wheels may be easily and safely removed; and we do hereby declarertbat the following is a. full, clear, and exact description of the construetion and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this' specification,^in whichi i Figures I and 1I are are vertical elevations.

The nature and character of said invention consist of a base, nn upright, a lever, and a lift-block or follower.

Its operation consists in placing it under thel axle or-thing to be raised, and bearing down. on the` erm of the lever, which throws the lift-block up under the axle and raises the same, said lever being borne down into the parting or-opening of said upright into a vertical position, and there holds the weight. d

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we hereafter describe its construction and operation.

The base is marked A, on which is placed the upright, which is marked B, and in form is made open from near` the base to the top, for'the'purpose of receiving the lever and follower or liftbloek, and et the top of suid upright is an iron plate, put acrossv on the sideiof said upright to .hold the follower or lift-block to its place in moving up and down. The lever, marked C, is fixed in the opening;r of thennright, about midway up, und fastened there by an iron belt as a fulcrum. The follower or lift-block, marked D, is p laoed `in the opening of said upright, over the fulcrunl, that the short arm of the lever `may operate upon and lift itwhen moved. Suid lift-block or follower is made in three parts, and bolted together; said parts are respectively marked x,

y, and e; x and y are joined et each end, with an `opening between them, to move up and down on each side of the iron 'plate at the top of the upright." z is the block fastened to y, to take hold of (es a notch or projection) the object to be lifted. The whole is simple, easy to be carried about, and' used anywhere, and with any sized wagons.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The entire form of the wagon-jack, and more particularly the faced lifting-block or follower, marked D, and lever, C, as constructed and operating substantially as described. l

MICHAEL BIGLIN,

DANIEL W. BENNETT.

Witnesses:

JonN EsPY, M.' KILEULEN. 

